JBoutin Productions Bloggy

Twitter and Facebook

2011-03-11T13:31:00.000-08:00

I have started a twitter account, its @jboutinfilms, and you of course can find me on facebook, I'm there : )

Stay tuned I have big plans for my first film in the next couple of weeks that involve YouTube.

Where I'm at...

2011-03-02T12:42:00.000-08:00

So right now I'm in the huge process of auditions. I am trying to get as many actors as possible to audition for my parts on Sunday but I am having a lot of stress of getting people interested in the film to committ to being in the audition process and also getting people to committ to the week I am filming after that. I am growing frustrated but I am hopeful of the process.
As far as everything else goes, I am completely set. I have everything ready to go for productions, I just need to get the actors. My script might get some minor revisions in the coming weeks but I really don't want to break something that is not broken. I have shown the script to a few more people and have gotten some really surprising responses. One gal said she cried (+++++ for that). Another guy said he was really impressed with the film. So I think I have a good product here I just need to relax and know that the universe will take care of me.

Also in other news...
We are set to go with the filming of Teenage Superstar the music video for Dominic. The script is written and approved by the star, and we have the two locations confirmed. The next thing we need to still do though is find a female who is willing to be in her panties and a loose sexy shirt to be in the video. No nudity will be involved in this video, we just need her to be willing to be filmed doing some sexy poses on a bed.
On Saturday morning around 9am we are going to be setting up and begin filming in the SU's downstairs Arena room and then afterwards at around 3 we are going to be filming the girl on a bed at my apartment.

So that is where I am at, just a few other quick thoughts, need to finish up the shot breakdown (dance card) for the script and confirm one last location for Roger. And then I'm done.

Had a really good time in this class and met some really good artists. Have a great break everybody.

Actors Wanted for Short Film!!!

2011-02-18T09:28:00.000-08:00

Thats what the posting says. You can read it here if you wish:

http://medford.craigslist.org/tfr/2220737425.html

I have now opened up the gates for my casting. YIKES!!!

Locations

2011-02-16T14:03:00.001-08:00

Working on securing a couple of locations now. One is for auditions, the other is for filming. Hope to know a few things in the coming days about both!

Teenage Superstar...

2011-02-14T17:52:00.001-08:00

So Dom and I met for several hours today and talked and talked about featuring him in a documentary and doing some video work together. Great talk and conversation. Ultimately it was decided that we are going to make a music video to start with for Teenage Superstar. The video will be like the video he made but slightly different because we are going to use a female actress for the "bedroom" and take out the audience crowd, just feature him and his backup rappers. As soon as he sends me the song and lyrics I will start working on the script. We are going to shoot on March 5th.

Roger and Me

2011-02-08T14:42:00.001-08:00

Furiously working on breaking down what needs to be in every shot (props, actors, ect.). A lot more complex than I want it to be. Maybe there is a way I can make this a bit easier....

Where I am at

2011-02-07T18:33:00.000-08:00

Ok, so first off, hey to the readers and second thank you for reading!

Here is how my progress is going IMO: I think that I am doing fantastic and things are going very well for my little film Roger, which won't be very little once it is completed.

The steps that I have done so far:

Wrote the Script

Rewrote the script

Rewrote it again and again about 3 more times or so.

Next I went through and began breaking the script down with a pen for my shot list. Lots of scribbles all over the script. The shot list is basically what I am going to see in the camera lens while shooting the film. This is very important because without this, my cinematographer will not know what my vision of the film is.

After the scribbles on my script, I started working on my story board, which I made into a video story board. I took the scribbles on the script as the shots I wanted to use for the story board. But I knew that the story board was not going to be the actual final version for the shooting script. You can see the video story board here : youtube.com/jboutinproductions

After making the video story board I began writing the shooting script. Going through each shot for the scenes, numbering them and describing what the camera should be seeing.

Up completion of that my new task is now making a scene break down board.

A scene break down board is what I will use to show what I need in the way of props and actors and other things for each scene and shots.

After this is done I will then begin to work on my shot list board, where I will have a detailed list of the order I want to film my scenes.

This coming week is going to be a fun one. I will be starting to cast out the casting call net, as well as securing a couple of locations for the shoot. One of them will be hopefully at the RVTV studio, the other is yet to be found but I am looking!

Anyway filming will begin in late March, casting will hopefully be done in early March.

Thats all for now.

Rough Draft Story Board Video for film

2011-01-26T16:12:00.000-08:00

Film Video Story Board

2011-01-26T15:46:00.000-08:00

Well, I have finished my video story board, I want to show it in class next week and give everybody a chance to comment on it and let me know what they think and where I should go from there. I think I am still a long ways away from production on this film. Lots to do still in the preproduction stage.

Script Break Down

2011-01-21T10:32:00.000-08:00

So I have broke down the script with scribbles and arrows and notes, now I just have to put that in a format that everybody can understand. There are some things that I noticed about some of the dialogue that I didnt like, so I fixed that. I can't wait to show the rough draft to everybody in the coming weeks. I think I am going to start pre-production stuff at the end of February and beginning of March. Will be sending out a cast call in mid Feb.
Till next week : )

Production Time table

2011-01-17T13:30:00.001-08:00

As of right now, I am working on breaking down my script and tightening up several things with the dialog between the characters. I am hoping to start filming in the early to mid spring term, while I spend all of this term finishing up the script, story board and then at the end casting. I have a strong crew already for my film, I just need to do that other stuff.

2009-12-02T11:59:00.000-08:00

Ok so the picture with the jar is the cover, the picture with the dead tree is the back cover, the picture with the two sand is the inside cover and the last one is of course the title page. I have started this book and this is just a small sample of the story.

2009-11-04T11:42:00.000-08:00

here is the first part of the universe series. this one is called the creation of the universe

2009-11-04T11:19:00.000-08:00

i call this chaos of the universe. i did this free hand with the pen in photoshop. some would call this kid art, i call it my art so there

2009-11-04T09:21:00.000-08:00

This one has two letters! Wow two different letters here, the capital letter A as well as the letter V. I think there might be a letter L somewhere there too, but I just like the A and V myself. Way to go me for spotting two letters like that!!

2009-11-04T09:20:00.000-08:00

Just a couple of H's hanging out in Elmos in the Stevenson Union.

2009-11-04T09:18:00.000-08:00

The letter P outside of the the Marion Addy building, way too obvious, I'm sure that many of my fellow students have used this one for a post.

2009-11-04T09:16:00.000-08:00

I stumbled on upon this gem on somebody's desk in the Stevenson Union student government room. Kind of cool that I was able to find the letter Q!

2009-11-04T09:15:00.000-08:00

This can be considered two letters, the letter T or the lower case letter i. I myself see the letter i and that is what drew me to taking this photo. i really like that my flash made it almost look like a candle light.

2009-11-04T09:13:00.000-08:00

kind of looks like a lower case d. this is from when i was in las vegas this past summer working at the World Series of Poker

2009-11-02T15:05:00.000-08:00

this one was easy to create, i just inserted a different background and changed the position of the eyes and redid the text. i almost like it more than the first one i did, but i am really happy about the first one because it took me a lot more time to do.

2009-10-21T11:48:00.001-07:00

this is my letter project, it is the letter A circled, which also makes the letter O. kind of cool huh?

2009-10-21T11:37:00.000-07:00

its the new movie from those same guys that brought you the adventures of the dust bunnies. Follow Zeke, Benny, Pauline, Frank and Little Joe as they find themselves lost from their owner Sally and they try to find their way back home. A heart felt adventure fun for the entire family.

2009-10-16T15:32:00.000-07:00

i love the show lost, and wanted to use this as my pic for not only my profile but as a photo that i describe or analize.

Lets begin with the obvious: The nice bubble of the abc. That is so classic of a screen shot from a television show to put that on a photo so that they can lay claim to the fame of the photo. One thing though is how do we know that they didnt use photoshop to put that there in place of somebody's very nicely done photo of this fantastic beach scene?

Next notice the beauty and color of the ocean and cloudy sky. it is so reminecent of my days of living in Coos Bay Oregon, when as a child I would go to the beach with my parents and spend hours playing in the sand building castles with my brother and sister watching the waves gently roll on to the shore. We would watch as the clouds would drift off to the distance and wonder if it was raining so many miles away on the ocean. Then as the day would go timelessly end we would watch the sun settle in for bed and we would pack up all of our belongings and go home... oh those were the days.

Next notice the statue, yeah its there and its big, but what does it mean? Who knows, Im waiting for the final season of Lost to find that out, so if any of you know, please let me know because Im very anxious to find out. Oh wait, dont tell me cause I dont want you to spoil it for me.

how exciting

2009-10-14T10:33:00.001-07:00

i have taken a photo shop class before, but forgot how fun it is to work with this program. im really anxious to learn the other adobe programs.

collage

2009-10-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

this is my collage, notice the dog nose and the off color hand, he is a real sniffer of good beer : )

letter project

2009-10-14T10:11:00.000-07:00

this is my letter project, can you see what i am trying to show here?